Jan Ting on Technology

Passenger rail alternatives ought to be a priority

Q: Many states are facing big gaps between revenues and spending needed for transportation projects. Is federal aid adequate in your view?

A: I believe that funding of enhanced passenger rail alternatives along the heavily populated eastern seaboard
of the United States ought to be a priority. The availability of reliable, timely, and reasonably priced passenger rail alternatives will reduce the growth in automobile traffic and the energy dependence and environmental problems such traffic generates.